I know, I know…don’t fall off your chair. We are back with a few crafts. The first craft is a little holiday-ish, but we had so much fun making it.

Of course we “borrowed” the idea from the lovely HowDoesShe? blog and I thought since our friends here in California wouldn’t have a white Christmas they really could use a little snow!

So we set about making some. Cornstarch, kosher salt and lots of glitter. We learned after the first batch that this is best mixed up OUTside.

Of course, if you need to “make” snow where you live, it is probably nice enough to make the mess out in the courtyard.

We packaged it up in empty paint cans (we got ours from Ganahl for a few bucks each) –

Downloaded the label from HowDoesShe and added the paint can opener and a bow –

And, voila! Fun little gifts that were so much fun to give.

And we brought out Eva and the heat press for a few other gifts to give as well.

A little (pink glitter!) princess tee for a sweet niece –

And a new logo and some “work” shirts for Mom & Dad –

I’m antsy to get started on some other projects around here.

Of course, if you are following me on Instagram/Facebook you already know my newest passion…baking BREAD!

My first batch was for our New Year’s Eve dinner with our good friends. I got the recipe from King Arthur’s Flour and I used herbs de Provence and butter in between each “slab.” It was really pretty good.

And then I decided that I was going to try my hand at sandwich bread since the girls headed back to school this week and would need lunches every day. The sandwich bread has been a huge hit.

I love the fact that the bread is really only 4 or 5 ingredients. No high fructose corn syrups, no preservatives I can’t pronounce. It makes me feel better to have control over one small part of our every day eating.

Tonight I tried Kaiser rolls since we were having pulled pork sandwiches and I didn’t have any rolls. They were really good – nice and dense and able to withstand a big helping of meat.

I’ve been using Nick Malieri’s Bread book. It is so easy to follow and has all kinds of other recipes. I’m sure the book and I will become great friends.

So that is a few things that have been going on around here. Tell me what great Christmas crafting you all did over our break?